June 16 Daily Dose: dairy lingo and Onondaga Lake parkway Sundays

THE LIST
Milk 101: A guide to dairy lingo
Once, milk choices were mostly limited to white or chocolate. No more. Here's some help in deciphering what you'll read in the dairy case:
* No added hormones: Milk from cows not treated with synthetic bovine growth hormones (called rBGH and BST on some labels). Sometimes billed as "hormone-free," but that's a misnomer, since all milk has naturally occurring hormones.

* Organic: From cows not treated with antibiotics or artificial growth hormones. The animals also eat feed raised without chemical fertilizers or pesticides and must have "access to pasture." How often do the cows have grass under hoof? No telling. The government has not defined "access to pasture."

* Grass-fed: Milk from cows that spend at least some time grazing. How much of their diet is grass? Another undefined term.

* Ultra-pasteurized: Milk heated to 280 degrees, to extend its shelf life.

* Raw or unpasteurized: From the cow's udder to your lips.
- The Baltimore Sun

CHECK IT OUT
Parkway Sundays set to start
Parkway Sundays, sponsored this year by MVP Health Care, return this week.
Every Sunday through Aug. 9, Onondaga Lake Parkway, Liverpool, will be closed to motorized traffic from 9 a.m. to noon. With the cars gone, skaters, strollers, joggers and bicyclists take over the two-mile section of road.
Parking is available at the county's Salt Museum/Griffin Visitor Center lot. Take Lake Drive or Willow Street to get there.